xenia was the original not unix mascot right
What you are referring to as "Tux" is in fact more accurately "Tux/Xenia", or as I've recently taken to calling it, "Tuxenia"
@cwebber what amazes me is everyone remembers the gag just that way. But I think he only said it that way a few times.
Like, I get the joke but I'm also scared that an entire generation of software rights can so easily be distilled into a one liner.
Totally not your fault, but to quote Gurtrude Stien:
We are all a lost generation.
@keverets it's more complicated than that.
Software Freedom can't be found in vocabulary.
Cc: @cwebber